option product Steel Design ...continued Formatted member reports Formatted design reports can be generated to investigate the design calculations carried out for particular members. These show all calculations made and reference clauses and equations from the code. Steel member design reports can be created individually or be appended a main model report. Model report templates can be defined to speed reproduction of similar content. Design codes currently supported: AASHTO LRFD 7th Edition (2014) - AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, 7th Edition, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2014. CSA S6-14 Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code - CSA-S6-14, Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code, Dec 2014, CSA Group. EN1993-1-1+A1:2014 - EN 1993-1-1:2005 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings. AS 4100-1998 Steel Structures (Australia) - Australian Standard: AS4100-1998, Steel structures, Standards Australia International Ltd, Sydney. Design summary reports A tabular summary of design check results can be produced for selected members and loadcases. Results may be saved for use with Microsoft Excel or saved to a text format. Results can be added to a model report, and each time the report is generated design summary data is updated to match the current state of the model. The LUSAS Steel Design option builds upon the renowned modelling and analysis capabilities of LUSAS and extends the engineer’s workflow to allow design code checking of steel members. In some finite element software systems, sectional design is offered through summary pass/fail checks on a model. Whilst LUSAS offers this, it also provides users with full details of the calculations made, referencing all relevant clauses and equations from a design code - giving a step-by-step calculation transparency normally only found in simple frame analysis software. Full details of the design checks undertaken can also be written to a model report.
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Steel Design
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Formatted member reports
Formatted design reports can begenerated to investigate the designcalculations carried out for particularmembers. These show all calculationsmade and reference clauses andequations from the code.
Steel member design reports can becreated individually or be appended amain model report.
Model report templates can be definedto speed reproduction of similarcontent.
Specifications, 7th Edition, American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials, 2014.
CSA S6-14 Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code - CSA-S6-14,
Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code, Dec 2014, CSA Group.
EN1993-1-1+A1:2014 - EN 1993-1-1:2005 Eurocode 3: Design of steel
structures – Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings.
AS 4100-1998 Steel Structures (Australia) - Australian Standard:
AS4100-1998, Steel structures, Standards Australia International Ltd, Sydney.
Design summary reports
A tabular summary of design checkresults can be produced for selectedmembers and loadcases. Results may besaved for use with Microsoft Excel orsaved to a text format.
Results can be added to a model report,and each time the report is generateddesign summary data is updated tomatch the current state of the model.
The LUSAS Steel Design option builds upon therenowned modelling and analysis capabilities ofLUSAS and extends the engineer’s workflow toallow design code checking of steel members.
In some finite element softwaresystems, sectional design is offeredthrough summary pass/fail checkson a model. Whilst LUSAS offersthis, it also provides users with fulldetails of the calculations made,referencing all relevant clauses andequations from a design code -giving a step-by-step calculationtransparency normally only found insimple frame analysis software. Fulldetails of the design checksundertaken can also be written to amodel report.
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“One of the key benefits thatwe see in LUSAS’ new steeldesign capability is theprovision of fully-detailedcalculation output. This allowsus to easily check the steps inthe calculation. We are alsopleased to see that the facilitysits fully inside LUSAS, rather than as an external utility. Thismeans it functions in a familiar way for the engineer as therest of the modelling process.”
John Harrison, Structural Engineer, Reid International
Testimonials
We used key clients to help assess the Steel Design option whilst it was indevelopment. Read what benefits they see from testing the utility.
“The new section checkingfacility is a valuable addition tothe tools available in LUSAS,providing a convenient andvery rapid way to verify steelframe structures. Time savedextracting results and settingup post-processingspreadsheets enables the engineer to focus on the nonlinearand dynamic behaviour aspects that LUSAS has alwayshandled well. Output is available in convenient contour plotsof utilisation, backed-up by detailed numerical handcalculation-style reports. This provides everything the userneeds to interrogate and verify the implementation of thedesign codes, which is a welcome contrast to the 'black box'approach of some other software packages.”
